What a 5 percent band is worth in dollars, by price level
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from Why Stocks Halt: Limit Up-Limit Down Bands.
| ticker | last_price | band_5pct_dollars | band_10pct_dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 766.95 | 38.35 | 76.69 |
| MSFT | 483.69 | 24.18 | 48.37 |
| TSLA | 363.97 | 18.2 | 36.4 |
| AAPL | 309.61 | 15.48 | 30.96 |
| NVDA | 215.36 | 10.77 | 21.54 |
| PLTR | 179.86 | 8.99 | 17.99 |
| KO | 91.04 | 4.55 | 9.1 |
| F | 14.43 | 0.72 | 1.44 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 8 distinct values (AAPL, F, KO…) | |
last_price |
number | 14.43 to 766.95 | US dollars |
band_5pct_dollars |
number | 0.72 to 38.35 | |
band_10pct_dollars |
number | 1.44 to 76.69 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
ticker,
round(toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)), 2) AS last_price,
round(toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)) * 0.05, 2) AS band_5pct_dollars,
round(toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)) * 0.10, 2) AS band_10pct_dollars
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'MSFT', 'AAPL', 'TSLA', 'NVDA', 'KO', 'PLTR', 'F')
AND window_start >= today() - 10
AND volume > 0
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY last_price DESC
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